Celebrity Justice
Alec Smarts on "60 Min."

Alec Baldwin vented on "60 Minutes" about the voice mail message to his daughter which TMZ first published. He also trashes Kim Basinger's lawyer.


In the segment, which airs tonight, Baldwin says, "You get so frustrated, and you realized, number one, and it's wrong. It's totally wrong ... that I was really speaking to someone else when I left that message. I was pissed. I had been putting up with this for six years."

As for calling his daughter a "thoughtless little pig," Baldwin thinks the real damage is that the voice mail went public.

Baldwin's venom was targeted at Basinger's lawyer, Judy Bogen. When asked about his comment that she resembled "a 300 pound homunculus with a face like a clinched fist," he said he was being "kind" and that it was not abusive given what she put him through.

Tonight, Bogan's law partner, Neal Hersh, blasted Baldwin, saying, "His personal attacks were socially and morally unacceptable, not to mention inaccurate. He defended his actions rather than take responsibility."

BTW, a homunculus is "a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individual merely by an increase in size."

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, Alec Baldwin

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106. Well all you people like to pass judgement , remember the saying people in glass houses should not throw stones, but anyways if any of you people have kid's we all lose our temper at one time or another, Kim is just a selfish bitch who does not want her child to have a relationship with her father and she needs help real help..Look at the clip that TMZ has of Alec and his daugther at the airport she does not look like a bitter girl who hates her father.

Posted at 12:30AM on May 13th 2008 by whatever

107. Sometimes children are thoughtless little pigs. I've never met a parent who was a saint nor a child who could give you your life back.

Posted at 12:51AM on May 13th 2008 by amyhalo

108. a pathetic piece of crap alec baldwin (aka pig mouth)

Posted at 1:42AM on May 13th 2008 by freedomisnotfree

109. Divorce really sucks but this guy needs a kick right in the ass. That is not how you deal with children and if you don't agree either you don't have children or never been divorced.

Posted at 2:30AM on May 13th 2008 by dante

110. You Go...ALEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So glad you finally told it like it really IS!!!!!

KIM has PUSHED you to the brink - with your LOVE for Ireland!

CAN somebody PLEASE show that KIM IS the REAL "THOUGHTLESS "Little?" PIG??????????????????????????

That message was totally meant for her.............they PUSHED this DAD over and DROPPED HIM "over the ledge"!

OUR LEGAL SYSTEM SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:52AM on May 13th 2008 by kentwood girl

111. Democrats NEVER accept responsibility for their own actions and ALWAYS put blame on someone else. Typical actions of a Hollywood Democrat.

Posted at 3:37AM on May 13th 2008 by Democrats are evil

112. All these comments about parental alienation. I know that happens. However, this blow-hard has had anger management issues for YEARS. In fact, that's why Kim divorced him, or so I read in several sources. Who knows the real story? Maybe he's been treating his kid like this all along, and that's why she stays away from him (willingly) and doesn't want to have anything to do with him. MAYBE Kim has been protecting her from this temper all her life, especially when Ireland was too small to "tell" what was going on. None of you know what has really gone on here either. It's painfully obvious, however, that he's in his own little bloated ego bubble, not even acknowledging now that what he did was wrong. Has it ALWAYS been somebody else's fault? Probably so, in his delusional little world.

Posted at 9:40AM on May 13th 2008 by Are you SURE it's Kim's Fault?

113. I can understand Alec. My ex-wife always tries to put my 11year old daughter on the phone to tell me what my ex will not say to me. It is hard going through what Alec and his daughter and his ex are going through. What i have to say to people out there is BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED or have a CHILD with someone. MAKE SURE HE OR SHE IS NOT A CRAZY BITCH.

Posted at 11:24AM on May 13th 2008 by Scott

114. #114 yeah and make sure he isn't a big fat foul mouth pig

Posted at 1:54PM on May 13th 2008 by freedomisnotfree

115. You got THAT RIGHT #115. Make sure your potential husband isn't a psycho lard-a$$ narcissist. That can't hurt either.

Posted at 3:02PM on May 13th 2008 by Yeah, that too

116. Baldwin, Alec: Great actor. Moronic father. Consummate egotist. He will make a fine politician, with a history of anger management issues ala John McCain.

Posted at 8:22PM on May 13th 2008 by Rob

117. Wow - I'm amazed at the number of people who have commented about my comment (#8). PAS is wrong and it just sucks. I am in no way endorsing Alec Baldwin one way or the other, but having lived thru PAS with my husband's ex, let me assure you it can drive you to places you would NEVER normally go. Even the most restrained & tactful of people have a breaking point. I would like to share a new development with my husband's 15 year old son with everyone: night before last, after his nutball mother's most recent tirade, he told his dad that he was so tired of his mother's lies & drama and that he thought it was time for the 3 of them to sit down together, and for the truth to finally be brought out into the open. I have told hubby for YEARS that this day would come, and looks like maybe the truth is about to at least peak it's head thru the dark clouds that have existed in this father/son relationship for all these years. Whether or not the child believes the truth once it's spoken is another matter entirely, but at least, he's open to hearing the truth for the first time. I think his mom has finally been just crazy enough to cause the boy to see that she's missing a few sandwiches from her mental picnic basket. That and the fact that when he comes to our house, there's no fussing & fighting, no drama, and we all love each other. (It helps that none of us here are Rx drug addicted, too, I'm sure.) We don't hang out at the bars & leave our daughter at home with a strange babysitter, and we have NEVER insisted the boy call me anything other than my first name; she, on the other hand, has had several boyfriends/husbands in her life in the 10 years I've been married to my hubby, and she's had all 3 of her kids call each of the men "daddy." The older two kids quit school at 16 years old, and got the heck out of her house, and they've both been in trouble with the law in a variety of ways (1 boy, 1 girl). The boys has done some jail time for stealing construction equipment and drugs, I think. (hearsay - just repeating the tstory I heard what his incarceration was for.) The girl is now working 2 jobs to support a boyfriend who is in jail - she's only 21 years old and been with this guy for about 3 or 4 years. What is wrong with these kids? I pray & hope every day that my hubby's boy will be able to beat the odds of her raising.

These comments are for my "friends" #60, 87, 95, 98, 100, 101 & 114 . Chin up - and just stay as calm as possible and have faith that one day, these children are going to come seeking answers. Have your "evidence" ready to present - save ALL your paperwork, telephone calls, etc. LOG everything. And may the Universe return to the ex's all that they've put out into the world - at least 10-fold!

Blessed be to all. Alec, chill out. You give away your power when you lose your temper, and it makes you look like a jerk.

Posted at 12:11AM on Jun 2nd 2008 by Jaydee665

118. This man has no remorse for what he has done to his daughter. He could have hit her and it would not hurt as bad as his words did. The pain from physical abuse goes away, the pain from mental abuse never goes away. It plays over and over in your head. He is heartless and the interview tonight just confirmed this.

Posted at 1:25PM on Jun 6th 2008 by di

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